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Bhagavad Gita · 16.12 · Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures·12 of 24

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाःईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्

āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ

kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañchayān

Sanskrit recitation

When ego turns cruel · 16.6–16.16 · Teaching

Translation

Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain hoards of wealth by unlawful means for sensual enjoyment.

Meaning

They murder people and rob them of their wealth in order to have sensual enjoyments. They amass wealth for sensepleasure only, but not for doing righteous actions. They have no mercy. They are very cruel. They are held in bondage by a hundred ties of expectation. They harbour in their hearts a craving for all kinds of sensual objects. Various sorts of desires crop up in their mind. When their desires are not gratified they become furious. They acire wealth by unjust means. Hope or expectation binds a man to the wheel of Samsara.,Therefore hope is likened to a cord or a rope. There is no end to their cravings. Though they possess enormous wealth their cravings are not appeased. They multiply daily. These people become hopeless victims of greed.

After Swami Sivananda

When ego turns cruel· 16.6–16.16

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
artha
wealth
bhoga
gratification of the senses
kāma
lust
artham
for
krodha
anger
īhante
strive
anyāyena
by unjust means
baddhāḥ
bound
śhataiḥ
by hundreds
sañchayān
to accumulate
parāyaṇāḥ
dedicated to
āśhā-pāśha
bondage of desires

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